Toy animal.



PATENTED PEB. 19, 1907.

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TOY lANIMAL. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 24, 1906.

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TOY ANIMAL.

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patenten Feb. 19, 1907.

AApplication filed November 24, will.4 Serial No. 344.884. l

.useful Improvements in Toy Animals ;l and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

l clear, and `exact description oi the'invention,

such as'willenable others skilled in the art to which appe'rtains to 'make and use. thev saine.

the construction ci toy figures made .of cloth, and has had its practical embodiment in thc construction of ythose toy animals in which,

` .the body, lirnbsandhead are mide of sopa# rate cloth sections properly cut, sewed, and stuffed, Whichfs'ections are swiveled to' one' an- [other by -rneans of pasteboard or wooden buttons through which a swivel is passed.. Forexainple, such a'button7 having a central perforation, through which the swivel-pin is passed, is placed in the lower neck portion of' the head al'ter it is stuffed, and the edges ofv the. cloth are'drawn together aroundthc buttonby threads. The swivel-pin is then passed through a ,similar button in the body portion, and the pin is split or otherwise locked in place. In the constructionot these toysin simulation of animals having deep-set eyes-- such as bears, dogs, monkeys, and the likegreat difficulty is experienced in forrring the depressions representing the eye-sockets and in pro erly placing and securing in place the eyes, `'or which it is customary to use small buttons orbeads -or the socalledv natural eyes made and colored in imitation of the `natural eyes of the annual.

Vand is punched with hoics properly placed to give the desired direction to the threads 'from the eye-sockets. The threads arev passed through theseholes and drawn tight enough tov form the desired depressions and tied. The edges ofthe cloth arethen drawn to# gethcr beneaththe button andthe head sesy curedto the body in the usual way.

Referring-to the drawings, Figure l repro- Vsentis a .toy bear made in accordance with iny invention g and Fig. is a cross-section of thc head and neck, showing the thread running ytroni one eye-socket through the stuffing to its thread-hole `in thcbutton. Fig, 3 is a iront view 01"? a tace, showing the niodinca tion. A h v v 1S in this toy iig'ur'c thearrns b and legs c are My inventiongrelates to improvements in..

swiveled to the body a bymeans oi the buttons e and e and the split .pin d. .A similaibutton e is secured. tothe body at the'neck thereof.. The head is cut and sewed in theol 'dinary manner, and aiterbeing stuffed the threads g and g are run from the points on the i'ace where it is desired to form the'eyesockets through the stuiling of thehead and through the thread-holes L and 'i' in the button c and are drawn tight and tied.- The vcloth of the headis then drawn around the lower sido ci the4 button, and the split pin d', which is placed in thebutton e3 before thc .threads are drawn tight,.is passed through the button e2 inthe .neck of thc body portion and spread, and the body portion 1s then closed. The wires or ins fm of the eyes n are dipped in glue and 'inserted in proper posiltion in the eye-sockets and pressed into ace. p In Fig. 3 I have shown a modification in which the eyes are formed by buttons n', set into the eye-sockets, and the threads g are attached directly to the shanks fn? of the buttons, and it will be observed that the' direction of the eyes depends upon the direction ot the threads, and diiierent directions, and

consequently.dilleront expressions, may be j secured by varying the positions of the thread-holes i and c" in the button e3A and by crossing the threads, as shown in the iigure.

I ain aware that the eyes 'of these toys have heretofore been hold in place by threads IOC the threads pass from the eye-sockets through the head and the Yrelatively xed button in the neck, the stuliing of thewhole head is tightened and held 'from rlerangestufl'ed, a button in the lower ment, and the eye-sockets may readily be vmade of the desired depth, even by an inexperienced person.

It Will be observed that whether the thread is attached directly to the cloth of the eye-socket, as in Fig. 2, or is attached to a button set into the socket, as in. Fig. 3, the

thread passes, in eilect, from the eye-socket through the stulling of the head. and is socured to the button in the neck, and vwhen l'. use in the appended claims the expression passing from the eye-sockets, &c., l intend. to include both the arrangements shown in Figs. 2 and 3 and anyequivaleut arrangenient by which the tightening' of the threads tends to form the eye-sockets by drawing the elothotoward the relatively fixed button in the neck.

What l claiin is-- l. ln a toy bear or like animal, a head formed of cloth, appropriately out, sewed and stuiied, a button in the lower portion of the neck, threads passingT from the eye-socl ets through the stulling or the head and secured vto the button in the neck, and a body portieri to which the button is secured substantially described.

2. In a toy bear or like animal, a head formed of cloth, appropriately cut, sen'edand portion of the neck, threads passing` from the eye-sockets through the stul'ling oi the head, thread-- holes in the button through which the threads are passed, .the holes beinO- so located as to give the desired direction to the threads, and a body portion to which the button is secured; substantially as described.

3. In a toy bear, or like formed oi'A cloth, appropriately eut, seWed and stuffed, a button in the lower portion of the neck, threads passing from the eye-sockets through the stui'ng of the head, thread-- holes in the button through which the threads are passed, the threads being: crossed Within the head, and. a body portion to which the button is secured, substantially as de scribed.

In testimony whereof l affix iny signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES siennes litnesses z H. H. APPLEGATE, WILLIAM H. DAVIS.

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